I’m back!
Well, standard disclaimers still apply, so there!
By: Era-chan
They stared at each other for
a long moment. Dimly Relena realized
that her fatigue was gone ever since she saw Heero standing near the French
doors leading to her balcony. Her heart
was nearly bursting with joy and love.
Heero was back. That was all that
mattered to the young woman. Heero had
finally appeared after two years of isolation.
Relena let
her gaze look him over. Heero had
changed a lot. He had grown taller and
slimmer. Relena mentally frowned. Heero looked a lot as if he had lost some
weight, or her eyes could have deceived her.
His hair was a bit longish and his face more prominent. She let her gaze settle back to his blue
eyes.
Finally
Heero broke the silence.
“I need
you.”
Relena’s
eyes widened in surprise. Before she
could say anything, Heero continued on.
“I’ve been
trying to live in society, back to interacting with other people. But it’s hard.” His jaw clenched. “When I
try to go back to humanity, I can’t do it.”
Relena saw
the vulnerability in his eyes and her heart cried out to him.
“What do I
have to do, Heero?”
Heero
stared intently at her. “You are the
one that can help me regain back my humanity, Relena. I can’t do it alone. I
tried but I couldn’t.”
Relena
heard the desperation in his voice and she couldn’t hold herself back. She went up to him and gathered him in her
arms. Heero wrapped his arms in return
and buried his head in her hair.
“When I’m
around you, I feel like I’m getting nearer to being a normal person. And when you’re not around, I’m just the
perfect soldier again.” His arms
tightened. “God, Relena. I don’t know if I ever want to return back
to that lonely existence.”
Relena
smoothed his hair, like she would to a small child. “I’ll never let that happen to you, Heero.”
Heero
raised his head and gazed down at Relena.
“Relena, I know this would be selfish of me, but can you come with me?”
Relena
tilted her head a little. “Heero?”
Heero went
on earnestly. “I want you by my side as
I go through the ordeal of going back.
I-“
Relena cut
him off, putting her finger on his lips to stop him further. “Heero, I would dearly love to.”
Heero
looked into her eyes and found out the answer.
“What about your job?” he asked grumpily.
“That
would be a position come true, right?
But, Heero, I’m a young woman. I
had never had a normal life since I was a Prime Minister’s daughter, then a
pacifist, the Queen of Earth, well you get the idea. I want to experience a normal life for once, Heero. And I want to do it with you.”
“But
you’ll have to leave everything behind.”
Relena knew what he
meant. It meant that Relena would have
to leave everything she knew and was familiar with. To start anew, Relena would have to take a new identity and start
fresh, without money support and the easy life she had led. But she was ready for it, as long as Heero
was with her, she can handle anything.
“I’ve
decided to go, Heero, even if I have to forgo everything. I feel that my position will be open for me
anytime. Don’t worry, I’m not afraid.”
Heero gave
her a knowing look. “I know you
aren’t.”
Relena got
out of his arms and took a step back.
She smiled. “Well, what are we
waiting for? Let’s go.”
Milliardo
looked up from his task of reading some documents when his study door opened
and Zia came in. His smile died as he
saw that his wife had a serious expression and was holding a piece of
paper. He stood up and went to his
wife.
“What’s
the matter, Zia?”
Lucrezia
Noin Peacecraft, or Zia, as she was now called, held up the letter that she had
received from Pagan, who had appeared this morning with the letter from Relena. She stared at her husband of one year,
seeing the much-beloved man she had married matured into a well-respected man
who ruled the Sanc Kingdom justly. She
marveled how getting married and becoming a father soon afterwards had changed
him for the better. She held up the
letter. “It’s from Relena.”
Milliardo
relaxed a little bit. “What has my
sister been doing lately, Zia?”
Milliardo
and Relena had gotten closer since his return from space a while ago. They met again at Milliardo’s wedding to Lucrezia
Noin. Relena had stayed with them
afterwards for a while. That time
together had made the two estranged siblings closer. Relena was there when Milliardo’s son, Quince, was born. But a few months ago, Relena had moved out
to be nearer to the United Earth Nations building. Milliardo had missed his sister though they kept in touch through
the computer and the telephone.
Zia
hesitated for a moment. “She
disappeared, Mil.”
Milliardo
frowned. “How so?”
Zia sighed
and held up the letter. “Why don’t you
read her letter, Mil? It’ll tell you
everything.”
Milliardo
took the letter and read it. When he
was done, he looked up at his wife and commented, “It didn’t take her long,
huh, Zia.”
Zia smiled
sadly, went up to her husband, and embraced him in her arms. “Relena needs this. From what she wrote, she had already told
the President. I think that he
understands and will go with her wishes.”
Milliardo
hugged his wife back. “I know, Zia.”
The two shared
a momentary silence then Zia pulled back a little and stared up at her
husband. “We better contact the others
so that they’ll be prepared before the news get out.”
“I agree.”
Well, I’ll be posting the next part soon. Until then, read the past parts at Era-chan’s Lovely Little Corner. I’m having writer’s block right now. So if you want the next part, well it might
take a while. Gomen, minna!